9:03 PM,
Apr. 2, 2014

This rendering shows what La Vergne's Lake Forest Park will look like once $80,000 in playground equipment is installed.

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Less than three months after launching a campaign to raise funds for the installation of playground equipment at Lake Forest Park, city officials announced Wednesday that all of the funding had been secured.

The Christy-Houston Foundation has awarded a grant in the amount of $62,119, city spokeswoman Kathy Tyson told The Daily News Journal. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the grant contact at its Tuesday night meeting.

"This donation from the Christy-Houston Foundation is taking us across the finish line for the playground," Mayor Senna Mosley said in a news release. "This ...